Public opinion on marijuana has risen dramatically over the last couple of decades. In the mid-1990s, only 25% of Americans thought pot should be legal, [Gallup]. Today, it's around 58%.
That's a fast change in opinion. As of 1996, 27% of Americans thought same-sex marriages should be recognized the same as different-sex marriages. Today, it's 60%.
A few trends have helped boost Americans' opinions: rising acceptance of medical uses for marijuana, concerns about racial disparities in arrests and concerns over prison sentences for non-violent drug offenders.
A new report from Colorado found that arrests for marijuana dropped, less utilization of the police Forces, the Court System, the Correction facilities, and increase tax revenue. However marijuana-related visits to hospitals and calls to poison control centers went up.
Yet, less people in jail, patients allowed to use the medicine, the good is so far better when legalized. Just a thought.
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